It would be rather impossible to hogtie a person in a car on a street without being seen. Given of course that he did a real hogtie. I'm pretty well versed in BDSM and as soon as I read it I went "liar".
I do not think he soaked that rag with any knock out chemicals. I think he just soaked it in chemicals. I believe he was being manic in the abduction attempts (meaning, he probably has little impulse control) and it's not as well thought out as we would think it is. But he would never admit to that, because in doing so it would be admitting he didn't have full control.
I think the rag and the tying up are all fetishes of his but he's 17 and doesn't know how to exact them.
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[Respectfully snipped for space and BBM] Since we don't yet know what was on the rag in the jogger case, we don't know whether it could have been an incapacitating inhalant. And --- we don't know yet whether or not a chemical was used to (attempt to) subdue Jessica.
Same for hogtying. It has not been verified, has it? -- that AS used this word when describing to mom or LE what he did? I can see him possibly being able to restrain her hands and feet if she were sitting in a seat in the vehicle, either un- or semi-conscious, or cooperating out of fear or threat.
But not the true definition of hogtie, with the hands and feet both bound, and bound together behind the body; agree it would be hard to do that in a car on a public street without being noticed.
(On the other hand, I keep wondering what his plan could have been with the jogger he attacked right out in the open, had the rag actually knocked her out there on or near the jogging trail. Then what??)
Yes, there are variations on hogtying. One method can be used to strangle a victim to death. It involves tying hands behind the back, binding ankles together, then very tightly binding ankles to a ligature around the neck from behind.
This will result in death in just a few minutes, and does not require the killer to further touch the victim or to bring about the death with his own hands or a weapon. The killer doesn't have to worry about being scratched or gouged; it's a very "hands off" approach. If the victim is gagged or unconscious, they cannot make a sound. If the victim is unconscious, death comes quicker as the victim will not struggle to survive.
This is very disturbing to write about, but
if indeed AS admitted to hogtying Jessica as well as strangling her, it might be a possibility.
However, at this point we don't know whether a rag was involved, nor whether the report of "hogtying" actually came from the suspect. We don't know for sure what he did to her. I pray Jessica did not suffer beyond the initial horror of being abducted. I pray she was made unconscious from the beginning and did not know what happened to her, whatever it was. She was so adorable!! Her family and friends must be utterly devastated. The whole thing is heartbreaking and sickening.